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Pacific Ocean (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-minnesota
stitution, striking out the word white, ratified by the people......November, 1868 State university created by law, 1851; Congress grants it 46,000 acres of land, 1857, and same year the first building erected at St. Anthony; chartered 1868, opened......1869 Bill to remove seat of government from St. Paul to a place in Kandiyohi county passes both Houses, but is vetoed......1869 Convention at St. Paul organizes a State temperance society......Oct. 6, 1869 Construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad commenced at the Dalles of the St. Louis......Feb. 15, 1870 Ship-canal across Minnesota point at Duluth begun......1870 Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment, establishes a board of immigration, and amends the liquor law so as to allow local option......1870 Minneapolis and St. Anthony incorporated as one city......1872 Act passes legislature establishing a State board of health......1872 Act passed to create a fund for an inebriate asylum at Rochester,
Lake Traverse (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-minnesota
eed wheat, oats, and pease, leave Prairie du Chien, April 15, 1820, for the Scotch settlement at Pembina, where the crops were destroyed by grasshoppers the previous year. Proceeding entirely by water, except a portage from Big Stone Lake to Lake Traverse, 1 1/2 miles, they arrive at Pembina......June 3, 1820 Governor Cass, of Michigan, with an exploring party from Detroit under sanction of the United States government, reaching the Mississippi by Sandy Lake, ascends to Cass Lake......Julety organized by law......Nov. 15, 1849 Congress appropriates $20,000 for a territorial prison......1851 Treaty at Traverse des Sioux, on Minnesota River, the Sioux cede lands in Iowa and in Minnesota east of the Red River of the North, Lake Traverse, and the Sioux River......July 23, 1851 Dog-train with explorers, under Dr. Rae, after search for Sir John Franklin, arrives at St. Paul from the north......Feb. 14, 1852 Prohibitory liquor law passed; ratified by the people April 5, bu
Leech Lake, Minn. (Minnesota, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-minnesota
n the line, raises the United States flag, and proclaims the territory a part of the United States......Aug. 5, 1823 A colony of Swiss from the Red River settlement establish themselves near Fort Snelling......1827 Henry R. Schoolcraft, with an expedition for exploring the Mississippi, Crow Wing, and St. Croix rivers, reaches the Mississippi by Lake Superior and Sandy Lake, and reaches the source of the west fork in Itasca Lake......July 13, 1832 Rev. W. T. Boutwell establishes at Leech Lake the first mission among the Indians in Minnesota west of the Mississippi......October, 1833 Jean N. Nicollet leaves Fort Snelling to explore the sources of the rivulets that feed Itasca Lake......July 26, 1836 Governor Dodge, of Wisconsin Territory, meets the Ojibways at Fort Snelling, and they cede to the United States the pine forests of the valley of the St. Croix and its tributaries......July 29, 1837 Deputation of Dakotas conclude a treaty with the United States at Washington
Springfield (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-minnesota
.1852 College of St. Paul, chartered as the Baldwin School, dedicated......Dec. 29, 1853 City of St. Paul incorporated......March 4, 1854 Convention held at St. Anthony, and the Republican party of Minnesota formed......March 29, 1854 Duluth founded......1856 Bill to remove the government to St. Peter passes the House, but the council is dissolved without acting on the bill......1857 Inkpadootah, a Dakota Indian, at the head of a band, massacres a settlement of whites at Springfield, capturing a number of women and children......March, 1857 Congress grants to Minnesota six alternate sections of land per mile to aid in the construction of railroads......March, 1857 Constitutional convention assembles at St. Paul, July 14, 1857. Republicans and Democrats organize separately, prepare drafts, but unite and submit one constitution to the people (ratified 36,240 to 700), St. Paul the capital......Aug. 29, 1857 State issues $2,275,000 in bonds, out of $5,000,000 a
Lake Superior (New York, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-minnesota
States of the Union, containing Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River, is bounded north by Manitoba and Ontario, of the Dominion of Canada; east by Lake Superior and Wisconsin, south by Iowa, and west by North Dakota and South Dakota. It is limited in latitude from 43° 30′ to 49° N., and in longitude from 89° 29′ to 97; 1900, 1,751,394. Capital, St. Paul. Daniel Greysolon du Luth, a native of Lyons, builds a trading-post at the entrance of Pigeon River, on north shore of Lake Superior (whence the name Duluth)......1678 Father Louis Hennepin ascends the Mississippi from the mouth of the Illinois, passes through Lake Pepin, and reaches the Fort Snelling......1827 Henry R. Schoolcraft, with an expedition for exploring the Mississippi, Crow Wing, and St. Croix rivers, reaches the Mississippi by Lake Superior and Sandy Lake, and reaches the source of the west fork in Itasca Lake......July 13, 1832 Rev. W. T. Boutwell establishes at Leech Lake the first mission am
St. Cloud (Minnesota, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-minnesota
, 1881 State normal school located by law at Moorhead......1885 State public school for dependent children at Owatonna founded......1885 State insane hospital located at Fergus Falls......1886 Acts passed: For a State reformatory at St. Cloud; a municipal government for Duluth; a high-license law where local option does not prohibit, and to abolish the State board of immigration, created in 1878......1887 Soldiers' home opened at Minnehaha Falls......November, 1887 State normal school at Moorhead opened......Aug. 29, 1888 William Windom again Secretary of Treasury......March, 1889 Secret (Australian) ballot law, established in cities of over 10,000 inhabitants, by act......1889 State reformatory at St. Cloud opened......September, 1889 Memorial Day (May 30) made a legal holiday......1889 Nearly 100 lives lost by a tornado on Lake Pepin......July 13, 1890 State insane hospital at Fergus Falls opened......July 29, 1890 William Windom, Secretary of
Lake Itasca (Minnesota, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-minnesota
Minnesota, One of the northern frontier States of the Union, containing Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River, is bounded north by Manitoba and Ontario, of the Dominion of Canada; east by Lake Superior and Wisconsin, south by Iowa, and west by North Dakota and South Dakota. It is limited in latitude from 43° 30′ to 49° N., and in longitude from 89° 29′ to 97° 15′ W. Area, 84,287 square miles, in eighty counties. Population, 1890, 1,301,826; 1900, 1,751,394. Capital, St. Paul. Daniel Greysolon du Luth, a native of Lyons, builds a trading-post at the entrance of Pigeon River, on north shore of Lake Superior (whence the name Duluth)......1678 Father Louis Hennepin ascends the Mississippi from the mouth of the Illinois, passes through Lake Pepin, and reaches the falls, which he names St. Anthony......October, 1680 Sieur du Luth, with four Frenchmen and an Indian, in two canoes, from his trading-post reaches a lake whose outlet enters the Mississippi, and on th
Alexandria (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-minnesota
presentatives, meets at the Central House in St. Paul......Sept. 3, 1849 Act passed to send the Washington Monument Association a slab of red pipestone from the Minnesota quarry......1849 St. Paul incorporated as a town......November, 1849 Minnesota Historical Society organized by law......Nov. 15, 1849 Congress appropriates $20,000 for a territorial prison......1851 Treaty at Traverse des Sioux, on Minnesota River, the Sioux cede lands in Iowa and in Minnesota east of the Red River of the North, Lake Traverse, and the Sioux River......July 23, 1851 Dog-train with explorers, under Dr. Rae, after search for Sir John Franklin, arrives at St. Paul from the north......Feb. 14, 1852 Prohibitory liquor law passed; ratified by the people April 5, but declared void by Supreme Court......1852 College of St. Paul, chartered as the Baldwin School, dedicated......Dec. 29, 1853 City of St. Paul incorporated......March 4, 1854 Convention held at St. Anthony, and the
Hutchinson (Minnesota, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-minnesota
roops under Major-General Pope are despatched to the seat of war, and after a sharp battle at Wood Lake the Indians are defeated, and 500 are taken prisoners, 300 of whom are sentenced to be hung......Sept. 22, 1862 Ninety-one captive white women and children surrendered by the Indians to Colonel Sibley near the Chippewa River......Sept. 26, 1862 Thirty-eight of the 300 Indians sentenced are executed......Dec. 26, 1862 Little Crow killed by a settler in the neighborhood of Hutchinson, McLeod county......July 3, 1863 Minnesota school for the deaf opened at Faribault......1863 Professor Eames, State geologist, reports rich silver-bearing quartz near Vermilion Lake, in the northeast part of the State......1865 State insane hospital at St. Peter opened......Dec. 6, 1866 State reform school at St. Paul opened......1866 City of Minneapolis incorporated......1867 Amendment to article VII., section 1 of the constitution, striking out the word white, ratified by the
Prairie Du Chien (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-minnesota
nes in Minnesota, builds Fort l'huillier on the St. Pierre, now the Minnesota......October, 1700 Jonathan Carver, the first British explorer of Minnesota, arrives at Mackinaw from Massachusetts, August, 1766; Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 18; at Prairie du Chien, Oct. 10; Falls of St. Anthony, Nov. 17; and ascends the Minnesota River to the stream which now bears his name......1766 Northwestern Fur Company builds a stockade at Sandy Lake......1794 Heirs of Carver's American wife dispose of thed by a garrison which came from Green Bay, Wis., by the Wisconsin River......1819 Corner-stone of Fort Snelling laid; first called Fort St. Anthony......Sept. 20, 1820 Three Mackinaw boats laden with seed wheat, oats, and pease, leave Prairie du Chien, April 15, 1820, for the Scotch settlement at Pembina, where the crops were destroyed by grasshoppers the previous year. Proceeding entirely by water, except a portage from Big Stone Lake to Lake Traverse, 1 1/2 miles, they arrive at Pembin
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